John Pearce is the new ADCS president. Picture: Durham Council

Durham’s director of children’s services takes over as ADCS president

Social Care
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan says the review will 'protect children from inappropriate content'. Picture: UK Parliament

Government announces RSHE review

Education
The scholarships will see four care experienced young people offered paid-for undergraduate degrees. Picture: Adobe Stock

Open University and John Lewis Partnership launch care leaver scholarships

Social Care
The group currently runs 60 homes, according to most recent government figures. Picture: Hero Images/Adobe Stock

Outcomes First Group 'in talks' over children's home closures

Social Care
The standards do not require children to have locks on their doors. Picture: Bernard Bodo/Adobe Stock

DfE’s supported accommodation standards ‘worse than envisaged’, sector leaders warn

Social Care
Bexley's children's services was praised by Ofsted for its 'outstanding' work. Picture: Adobe Stock/Valerii Honcharuk

Bexley Council retains 'outstanding' Ofsted rating

Ofsted
The government has announced plans to house asylum seekers in 'repurposed barrack blocks and portakabins'. Picture: Adobe Stock

Charities slam plans to house asylum-seeking children in military bases

Social Care
MPs have questioned Sunak's disclosure of his wife's financial interests in a childminder agency. Picture: UK Parliament

Prime Minister faces questions over wife's shares in childminder agency

Early Years
Geethika Jayatilaka is interim executive director at YMCA George Williams College

Redthread names new chief executive

Youth Work
Family visits to children in custody are often cancelled, a report by the children's commissioner for England warns. Picture: Adobe Stock

Young offenders warn settings are ‘too risky’ for their families to visit

Youth Justice
Yaroslava, eight, (pictured centre), with her friends at 5th Winchester City Brownies. Picture: Girlguiding

Ukrainian girls offered support to join the Girlguiding

Youth Work
The programmes will provide training for staff in speech and language development. Picture: Adobe Stock

EEF launches first childminder evaluation project

Early Years